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In that scenario.... Who's more important at the end of the roster though - Jack Endries or Jacob Bayer?

I'm pretty sure it was planned. I am almost certain that Zac Taylor said he was purposely going to hold Connor Lew and Erick All out of the 1st preseason game. I think it was in the presser he had on Monday or Tuesday (I forget which day it was). I think he said they were ready but that they just wanted to ease them in since they were coming back from surgeries. Rather than going through the pressers... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rTRW6X5VvWU

This I agree with. Kitna's kid or not, it was a very bad look and a stupid thing to do. They should have just had a trainer toss some balls if they really really needed 1 more camp arm for the rookies. Honestly, I am surprised by how quiet all of the media was about this.

That football career that you claim isn't working out earned him a lot more than he would have running track. Even if 2026 is his last year playing in the NFL, he will have earned $6.5M. Assuming the Bengals let him go to FA next year, he'll get another contract. I can see him bouncing around teams for another 3 to 5 years as their #3 or #4 receiver as his worst case situation. He's also going to qualify for the NFL Player Retirement Plan. He's a long ways off from worrying about collecting on that, but it is something. Probably wouldn't have received any sort of retirement plan running track though. I'd say his football career was the right choice.

He was never on the roster - they just let him toss balls to rookies as a "try-out" or something and wear the same jersey number of his dad while doing so.

The Bengals had Kitna's kid at the rookie minicamp to throw passes. He took a plea deal on a bunch of pedophile charges to get out of trouble.

Yes - according to: https://www.si.com/college/fcs/fcs-in-the-nfl/2026-fcs-football-undrafted-nfl-free-agent-rookie-tracker

What happened with the last 2 guys that took a paycut.... They're both gone now. So I think it's a precursor to him being at the end of the line and about to be cut loose if anyone else shows out.

Tomorrow is when they can add free agents without it affecting the comp pick formula for next year's draft. So we should be expecting a FA LB to be added. I thought they'd check on swapping DJ Reader for Slaton, but after drafting the Navy kid that's probably dead. As of now, they need to trim a DT or 2 off of the roster anyways (assuming no injuries during camp and preseason).

Here's another article mentioning it: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/draft/2026/04/25/tennessee-jermod-mccoy-bone-plug-nfl-draft/89792143007/#:~:text=A%20bone%20plug%20is%20used,also%20used%20in%20knee%20replacements. Probably off of the board, but personally I'd consider it with the 4th rounder (don't expect him to be there for the 6th / 7th round picks). Insane value and talent if it works out for a few years and it's not like we've never lit a mid-round pick on fire before.

I don't expect anyone to replace Trey. I just grew tired of it always being something about his contract every year for the last like 5 years. It definitely wasn't all him but the whole training camp schtick just bugged me.

Drew Allar to Stealers. He graduated HS with my daughter. Now I hate his guts.

This - so very much!!! I was so done with Trey.

Emmanuel Pregnon would leave Rivers for backup LG and Pregnon for backup RG??? There's also Jalon Kilgore at S and he can play in the slot. Keionte Scott at CB.